LATimes: Warren built a sturdy logic into her campaign

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https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-09-19/elizabeth-warren-democratic-primary-bernie-sanders-joe-biden-frances-perkins-women-labor


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As Warren never fails to remind her crowds, every worker wants better pay, more humane workplaces, better hours. Only the zillionaire Gulfstream set benefits when workers make unfair wages, or work long hours in lousy conditions.

Warren has built a sturdy logic into her campaign. Not just a “message.” Not a “narrative.” Actual logic, from the days before Reaganomics argued that 2+2=3. (The ‘80s were when, as Warren says of the Gilded Age, “business owners got richer, politicians got more powerful, and working people paid the price.“) By contrast, here’s the Warren axiom: If you work for wages or a salary, you’ll benefit from collective bargaining and higher taxes on the rich.

It’s self-evident. And damn, it is gratifying to hear simple truth from a presidential campaign.

At a time when Bernie Sanders is, with few details, caterwauling about revolution, and Joe Biden is turning to incoherent sentimentalism, logic is a breath of fresh air. And this is especially oxygen-rich air since it also comes in the midst of President Trump’s hysteria and emotionalism, which is suffocating to anyone who still remembers how to reason.

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1. Am I wrong in saying that the 1% are way in the black on our tax dollars and that people should

be pissed about how much goes right to the top? I think it could be shown that many rake in more than they ever pay out. You could probably put a dollar figure on how much the Walton family gets just from SNAP benefits. I'd say they make the biggest haul off that program.

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2. No doubt.

I wonder how many of Walmart’s employees need and use food stamps.

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3. After work kick